• (a.) Tending or serving to extract or draw out. • (a.) Capable of being extracted. • (n.) A chemical principle once supposed to exist in all extracts. • (n.) Anything extracted; an extract. • (n.) Any one of a large class of substances obtained by extraction, and consisting largely of nitrogenous hydrocarbons, such as xan...
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1. Capable of being extracted. 'Thirty grains of extractive matter.' ... 2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out. 'Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive: e.g, agriculture, pastoral and mining pursuits, cutting of lumber, etc.' (Cairnes) ... Origin: Cf. F. Extractif. ... 1. Anything extracted; an extract. 'Extracti...
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Ex·tract'ive adjective [ Confer French extractif .] 1. Capable of being extracted. 'Thirty grains of extractive matter.' Kirwan. 2. Tending or serving to extract or draw out. « Certain branches of industry are conveniently designated extractive :
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tending or serving to extract, or based upon extraction: coal, oil, copper, and other extractive industries. · capable of being extracted, as from the earth: extractive fuels. · of, pertaining to, or involving extraction: extractive surgery. · of or of the nature of an extract.
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